Product Manual B

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WARNING
• Rapid retraction of starter cord (kickback) will pull hand and arm toward engine faster than you
can let go. Broken bones, fractures, bruises or sprains could result.
• When starting engine, pull cord slowly until resistance is felt, then pull rapidly.
• Direct coupled equipment components such as, but not limited to, blades, impellers, pulleys,
sprockets, etc., must be securely attached.
WARNING
• Rotating parts can contact or entangle hands, feet, hair, clothing, or accessories.
• Traumatic amputation or severe laceration can result.
• Operate the equipment with guards in place. Keep hands and feet away from rotating parts.
• Tie up long hair and remove jewelry.
• Do not wear loose-fitting clothing, dangling drawstrings, or items that could become caught.
WARNING
• Engines give off carbon monoxide, an odorless, colorless, poison gas.
• Breathing carbon monoxide can cause nausea, fainting or death.
• Start and run the engine outdoors.
• Do not start or run engine in an enclosed area, even if doors or windows are open.
WARNING
• Running engines produce heat. Engine parts, especially mufflers, become extremely hot.
• Severe thermal burns can occur on contact.
• Combustible debris, such as leaves, grass, brush, etc., can catch fire.
• Allow muffler, engine cylinder and fins to cool before touching.
• Remove accumulated debris from muffler area and cylinder area.
• Install and maintain in working order a spark arrester before using equipment on forest-covered,
grass-covered, brush-covered unimproved land. The state of California requires this. Other
states may have similar laws. Federal laws apply on federal land.